Railroad-track-rail holder and brace.



J. T. WEST. RAILROAD TRACK RAIL HOLDER AND BRAOE. urmou'xon FILED mm. 9,1909.

980,036, Patented Dec.27,1910.

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RAILROAD-TRACKRAIL HOLDER AND BRACE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 27, 1910.

Application filed September 9, 1909. Serial No. 516,830.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN T. Wnsr, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Bowling Green, in the county of WVarren and State ofKentucky, have invented a new and Improved Railroad-Track-Rail Holderand Brace, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to means for securing track rails on cross-tiesof a railroad, in a manner which will permit a release of the same whenthis is desired, and has for its object to provide a device of thecharacter indicated, which is extremely simple; may be readily appliedfor theattachment of a railroad track rail upon a cross tie; may bequickly released therefrom, and that will reliably secure the track railand hold it on the cross tie under all conditions of heat and cold.

The invention consists in the novel construction and means for applyingthe track rail holder upon a track rail and cross tie, as is hereinafterdescribed, and defined in the appended claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a partofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a transverse sectional view of a track rail, on the line 1-1in Fig. 2, a side view of a portion of a cross tie, and a side view ofthe improved track rail holder applied upon the rail and tie; Fig. 2 isa plan view of details shown in Fig. 1; 3 is a transverse sectional Viewof a cross tie in part, a track rail portion seated on the cross tie,and an edge View of the improved track IEEtll holder, seen in directionof the arrow in In the drawings, 5 indicates a wooden cross tie, and 6 atrack rail of the usual T- shape in cross section, the base flanges 7, 7of which are seated upon the cross tie.

The track rail holder in its simplest form, as shown in Fig. 1,comprises an angle bar formed of suitable metal, embodying two members8, 9, that are each substantially straight in the body, and integrallyformed, said members or limbs diverging at an acute angle from theirpoint of junction at. Upon each of the free ends of the limbs 8, 9, a

hook-like flange is formed, said flanges inclining toward each other. Onthe limb 8, which is of greatest length, a hook flange b is formed, andon the limb 9, a flange c is produced.

In arranging the rail holder for service, the hook flange c is engagedwith the edge of the base flange 7, and the holder limb 8 is extendedacross and beneath the track rail at one side of the cross tie. The limb9 is now raised so that the flange I) ma be hooked upon the edge of theother ase flange 7.

At the corner where the limbs 8 and 9 merge an enlargement e is formed,having a transverse perforation for the insertion of a spike or woodscrew bolt 11. If a wood screw bolt is used, the head 9 thereof isturned, thus screwing the bolt into a perforation in the side of thecross tie.

It will be seen that the pull of the track rail holder, as described,will retain the track rail secured upon the cross tie, without looseningin hot or cold weather, and will adapt the track rail to be cushioned bythe cross ties against jars due to the traverse of rolling stockthereover.

In the application of the device, the lateral perforation formed in thecross tie, is so located, that upon the insertion of a wood screw bolttherein, the flanges b, c, forcibly impinge upon the base flanges of thetrack rail and thus secure said rail seated upon the cross tie. It is tobe understood, that a spike may be, and preferably is, driven into theangular corner e, to add additional security to the attachment of theholder upon the cross tie, when the screw bolt or headed spike is used,and is driven through the perforation in the enlargement e. It is alsoto be understood that a spike having a cylindrical or angular body, maybe substituted for a wood screw bolt 11, if this is desired.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent,

The combination with the tie, and the rail seated thereon, of means forholding the rail to the tie, said means comprising an angle bar, thearms thereof diverging from each other at an acute angle, one of saidarms being of greater length than the other and each arm having at itsfree end a hook name to this specification in the presence of forengaging the rail base, said bar hafviililg two subscribing witnesses. atransverse opening at the 'unction o t e arms for receiving a spike, vshereby the bar JOHN THOMAS 5 may be secured to a tie, the said openingWitnesses:

being at the same side of both hooks. ARTHUR CROWNOVER,

In testimony whereof I have signed my E1). WENGER.

